dysaesthesia (medicine) and weight 1, noun (oh)

dysaesthesia (medicine)

dysaesthesia

An unpleasant abnormal sensation, whether spontaneous or evoked.

Origin: Gr. Aisthesis = sensation

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1 ?amount somebody/something weighs?
2 ?how fat?
3 ?heaviness?
4 ?heavy thing?
5 ?worry?
6 ?importance?
7 ?amount?
8 ?for measuring quantities?
9 ?for sport?
10 throw your weight about/around
11 throw your weight behind somebody/something
12 pull your weight
13 take the weight off your feet
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[Language: Old English; Origin: wiht]
?AMOUNT SOMEBODY/SOMETHING WEIGHS?
[U and C] how heavy something is when you measure it
::The average weight of a baby at birth is just over seven pounds.
in weight
::fish that are over two kilos in weight
by weight
::Fruit and Vegetables are sold by weight.
?HOW FAT?
[U] how heavy and fat someone is
::You shouldn't worry about your weight.
::He put on weight when he was at university.
::She's lost a lot of weight recently.
::He was having to watch his weight for the first time in his life.
::How have you kept your weight down ?
::Sara's convinced she has a weight problem .
::a sudden large weight gain
-see also overweight , underweight
?HEAVINESS?
[U] the fact that something is heavy
::The weight of her boots made it hard for Sue to run.
::I didn't know if the bridge would support our weight .
under the weight of sth
::Karen staggered along under the weight of her backpack.
?HEAVY THING?
[C] something that is heavy
::I can't lift heavy weights because of my bad back.
?WORRY?
[C] something that causes you a lot of worry because you have to deal with it
weight of
::She felt a great weight of responsibility.
::Families who are crumbling under the weight of increasing Debt
::Selling the house is a weight off my mind (=something that no longer causes a lot of worry) .
?IMPORTANCE?
[U] if something has weight, it is important and influences people
::She knew that her opinion carried very little weight .
give/add weight to sth
::This scandal adds more weight to their arguments.
?AMOUNT?
weight of sth
a large amount of something
::The weight of evidence is that unemployment leads to all sorts of Health problems.
::The weight of public opinion is behind the teachers.
::They won the battle by sheer weight of numbers (=very large numbers of people) .
?FOR MEASURING QUANTITIES?
[C] a piece of metal that weighs an exact amount and is balanced against something else to measure how much the Other thing weighs

?FOR SPORT?
[C] a piece of metal that weighs an exact amount and is lifted by people as a sport
::I've been lifting weights since I was 18.
-see also weightlifting
throw your weight about/around
informal to use your position of authority to tell people what to do in an unpleasant and unreasonable way
throw your weight behind sb/sth
to use all your power and influence to support someone or something
::The US has thrown its weight behind the new leader.
pull your weight
to do your full share of work
::He accused me of not pulling my weight.
take the weight off your feet
informal used to tell someone to sit down
::Come in, take the weight off your feet.
-see also deadWEIGHT
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COLLOCATES for sense 2
put on/gain weight (=get fatter)
lose weight (=get thinner)
watch your weight (=try not to get fatter, by eating the correct foods)
get/keep your weight down also get/keep the weight off (=become thinner or stay thin)
weight problem (=a tendency to be too fat)
weight gain/loss
weight control (=ways of not getting too fat)
somebody's ideal weight

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